... — Anyone who’s been paying attention to the Syrian vortex of death, and Russia’s role in ... ... taking a responsible and leading role in combating ISIS and preserving state sovereignty/the world order; ... ... office now who campaigned on the fact that invading Iraq in 2003 was a colossal mistake, who, keeping this ... ... on Baghdad after taking much of the country from Maliki’s sectarian Shiite regime. Now, for the ... ... by Alawate Shiites. It is backed by Shiite Persian Iranians and the Arab Shiite Lebanese militia Hezbollah....
... chose not to agree to allow a U.S. residual non-combat force to stay and train/support Iraqi forces when Maliki would not grant them immunity. Nothing to complain about here, and I agree that a residual force would have been better but that is 100% on Maliki not granting immunity and having already committed to his Iranian allies that he would see our troops out in 2011. We will come to ISIS (and Obama’s mild military reengagement in Iraq) and Syria as separate issues.
Israeli/Palestinian Peace
Here, one may be tempted to make more of the efforts of the Obama Administration than they actually represent, but at the same time we should not minimize them.
To be sure, Obama has publicly ...
How the Obama Administration Removed Iraq’s Largest Political Obstacle
Originally ... ... and his Administration realized that Nuri Kamal al-Maliki was part of the problem, not part of the solution.... ... especially in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Syria’s border, saw the defeat of al-Qaeda in ... ... Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/the Levant/al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL) and now just Islamic State (IS) might ... ... strengthen an Iraqi government that was in line with Iran in many ways and had resisted accommodating the ...
